San Diego Police Respond to Reported Shooting in Encanto

One person is in the hospital after a man shot him in the arm and chest with a rifle in Encanto, San Diego Police said. 

The incident happened around 1 p.m. Saturday on the 6200 block of Wunderlin Avenue. 

Police said a 51-year-old man was shot in the arm and chest by a 51-year-old suspect he knew during an argument on the street. The man was related to someone that lived at the house, police said. 

The man was getting into a car or was in the car when he was shot, Lt. Kevin Mayer said. He drove into a chain link fence and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

The suspect fled and police are looking for him. No suspect description was provided by police.  

An NBC7 Photographer on scene at the time said police had the house surrounded. 

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